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The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) -- the association of associations -- recently completed a major study based on Collins and Porras' seminal works, Built to Last and Good to Great. Many of you are probably familiar with the books, which compared matched pairs of companies, analyzing a variety of factors to determine why some companies managed to become exceptional leaders and others did not. ASAE took a similar approach with associations and found that "great" associations exhibited seven distinct attributes that the "good" associations did not. Some of these factors are: 1. a customer service culture, 2. the alignment of products and services with the association's mission, and 3. continuous dialogue and engagement on the direction and priorities of the organization.
Both political parties, squirming under the spreading scandals of supersleaze lobbyist Jack Abramoff, suddenly began posing as reformers, saying it's time to rein in the corporate influence peddlers who haunt our nation's capital. The lobbyists hunkered down like cows in a hailstorm as the leaders of the two parties piously demanded that lobbyist-paid dinners, foreign golf junkets, and other freebies for lawmakers be banned. But as the media spotlight cools, lobbyists are aggressively pushing back against any true reforms. Their tactic is to claim that they are invaluable to the democratic process! John Engler, the former Republican governor of Michigan who heads the National Association of Manufacturers, asserts that his lobbying front for major corporate powers must not be restricted ...
...Likewise, says the head of the American Society of Association Executives. (Yes, the lobby...
More than 5,000 executives from the event-planning industry will converge on Los Angeles this week for their own convention, and local officials are doing what they can to make their visit memorable. The American Society of Association Executives will kick off its convention with a golf tournament Friday at the Angeles National Golf Club, followed by a day of volunteerism to raise money for the Midnight Mission.
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